Over 1,000 localities, 78 oil and gas fields and two deposits of phosphate ores have been liberated in Syria over the past 227 days, commander of Russia’s military group in Syria Colonel-General Sergey Surovikin has told Russian President Vladimir Putin during this visit to the Khmeimim airbase on December 12. In total, the area of 67,000 square kilometers has been liberated.

Col. Gen. Surovikin added that Russian warplanes have flown 6,956 sorties and helicopters have conducted more than 7,000 sorties killing over 32,000 militants and destroying 394 battle tanks and 12,000 pieces of other equipment.

The general revealed that Russia is set to withdraw 23 warplanes of different types and 2 Ka-52 attack helicopters, the military police force, the commando unit, the field hospital and the mine-clearing center. The remaining forces will continue conducting tasks in the country.

Thus, some number of attack helicopters and warplanes will remain in the country. The Khmeimim airbase and the Tartus naval facility will remain operational. Moscow will also continue providing supplies to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).

The Syrian Air Force destroyed two bases for Daesh (ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State terrorist organization) that contained reconnaissance drones, vehicles, and weapons in the eastern countryside of Homs province.

A Syrian military source said that the Syrian Air Force carried out concentrated airstrikes on positions for Daesh in Khatamlo and Oum Twaina (in the eastern countryside of Homs) resulting in destroying a base containing reconnaissance drones and equipment in Khatamlo and a base containing four tanks, a rocket cache, and artillery shells in Oum Twaina, killing all the terrorists inside the bases.

Al-Qaeda attacked a Syrian Arab Army position in Madinat al-Baath (map) next to the Israel occupied Golan heights.
Al-Qaeda requested Israeli fire-support by launching some mortars towards empty space in the Israel occupied area.
The Israeli Defense Force accepted the request and destroyed two Syrian Arab Army tanks. Two Syrian soldiers were killed.
The SAA held steady and the al-Qaeda attack on its position failed.
But “western” and Israeli media did and do not report or analyzed the obvious scheme.
This even as this theater act gets repeated over and over again.
They lie and simply report the “errant fire” nonsense even when it is clear that this is coordinated military support for al-Qaeda.
For years they have hidden Israeli support for al-Qaeda
Israel has supported al-Qaeda in the area since at least 2014. The al-Qaeda fire-request-by-mortar scheme has been in place for at least three years.
The UN observers mentioned the “black flags” the “rebels” were using.
The “rebels” in that area are al-Qaeda forces.
This “fire support request by mortar” scheme has been repeated again and again……………..

As part of the Israeli enemy’s continuing support for terrorist organizations, Israeli warplanes attacked [Syrian] services facilities and residential buildings in the surroundings of al-Baath city in Quenitra province at the same time as Jabhat al-Nsura terrorists were attacking the area.

A military source said that Army and Armed Forces units, in cooperation with supporting forces, repelled a large attack by groups from Jabhat al-Nusra terror organization in the surroundings of al-Baath city in Quneitra countryside, inflicting heavy losses upon them.

The source went on to say that while this was happening, the Israeli enemy sought to provide support for al-Nusra, as Israeli warplanes fired rockets from within occupied territory at the Governorate parking lot and a residential building, claiming a number of lives and causing material damage.

The General Command warned against the risks posed by such hostile acts and holds the Israeli enemy responsible for the serious repercussions if such acts reoccur under any pretext, affirming determination to crush terrorist groups which are the Israeli enemy’s proxy in the area………………….

Iran, Turkey and Russia have signed a memorandum on the creation of four security zones in Syria during another round of the peace talks in Astana on May 4.

According to the document, security zones were proposed in the province of Idlib, in the area north of the city of Homs, in Eastern Ghouta near Damascus and in southern Syria.

“Guarantors within five days after signing the memorandum will create a working group at the level of authorized representatives to determine the boundaries of disarmament, areas of tension and security areas, as well as to address technical issues related to the implementation of the memorandum,” the text of the document reads.

All technical issues, including borders of the zones, should be solved until May 22. The next round of the Astana peace talks will take place in mid-July when the trilateral group will report about the process of the reconciliation.

If the initiative achieves at least partly success, this will likely mean that in May or June the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allied forces, backed up by Russia and Iran, will launch a large operation against ISIS (ISIL, Daesh) in central Syria, aiming to reach the key city of Deir Ezzor besieged by ISIS. However, these will be possible only if the situation near Damascus, Daraa and Homs will be calm.

The SAA, led by the 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard, stormed the remaining militant defense lines in the southeastern part of the Qaboun district in eastern Damascus and captured a number of buildings from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Al-Rahman Corps……………………….

A desperate attempt by the Zionist entity to raise the collapsed morale of its mercenary-terrorists, Tel Aviv’s allied puppets. Also a strategic agreement with the U.S. to attack Syria from south and from north.

A Syrian military position southwest of Damascus International Airport was exposed to an Israeli aggression with several missiles fired from inside the occupied territories at dawn on Thursday causing explosions in the place and leaving some material losses, a Syrian Arab Army source said.

The source added that the Israeli aggression comes as a desperate attempt to raise the collapsed morale of terrorist groups due to the Syrian army’s blows and this aggression will not dissuade the army from continuing the war against terrorism and crushing it.

Lebanese media reported a large blast in the vicinity of the airport early Thursday, speculating that the explosion at the fuel depot could have been carried out by Israel.

“The missiles were fired from the occupied territory, which led to explosions on the ground and property damage,” the Syrian military source specified.

Israeli officials have not commented on the issue yet. However, Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz, speaking to Army Radio from the United States earlier, hinted at what had happened in Damascus……………………….

A Syrian Army source announced on Friday evening [21 April 2017] that the Israeli enemy’s warplanes fired two missiles at 18:45 from within occupied territory at a military position in the surroundings of Khan Arnabeh in Quneitra countryside, causing material damage.

The source said that this aggression came after an attempt by terrorists to infiltrate military positions in Quneitra countryside was foiled and the terrorists suffered heavy losses, which proves that Israel provides direct support to terrorist organizations.

The source affirmed that such desperate attempts will not dissuade the Army and Armed Forces from continuing to crush the terrorist groups that act as Israel’s proxy in the area.

Israel occupied the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War with Syria and annexed the territory in 1981. The international community has not recognized the Israeli annexation…………….

Syria affirmed that the Israeli aggression that took place on Friday, which is a violation of international law, the UN Charter, and the sovereignty and the sanctity of Syrian territory, was not the first of its kind but is a part of a long series of attacks carried out by Israel to support its agents in the terrorist war on Syria.

In two letters sent by the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry to the UN Secretary General and the President of Security Council, the Ministry said that in flagrant defiance of the international legitimacy and UN resolutions and the sovereignty and the inviolability of the Syrian territory, four Israeli warplanes violated the Syrian airspace in al-Breij area through the Lebanese territories at 2:40 am and targeted a military site in the eastern countryside of Homs province.

The Ministry went on to say that the Syrian Arab Republic confirms that all Israeli security, military, and political resources have been harnessed directly and indirectly in order to enable terrorists to weaken Syria and to prolong the terrorist war as much as possible.

The Ministry added that Syria confirms that all the pretexts and allegations made by Israel to justify the launching of such attacks are cheap diversionary attempts that have been used every time Israel fails to justify the continuation of its illegal occupation of the Syrian Golan, the Palestinian territory, and the rest of the occupied territories in southern Lebanon………………….

Syrian Air Defense shots down one of 4 Israeli warplanes targeting military site near Palmyra.

The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forced announced on Friday that the Syrian air defense downed one of four Israeli warplanes that violated the Syrian airspace and targeted a military site in the eastern countryside of Homs.

According to a statement by the Command, the four Israeli aircrafts violated the Syrian airspace in al-Breij area through the Lebanese territories at 2:40 am.

The Israeli warplanes targeted a military site near Palmyra in the eastern countryside of Homs, said the Army’s Command, confirming that the Syria air defense forces confronted the enemy’s aircrafts and shot down one of them inside the occupied territories, hit another and forced the other two to withdraw.

Do not believe the Zionist lies. Their aircraft were not targeting a convoy of trucks carrying ground-to-ground missiles bound for Hizbollah bases in the Lebanon.

In fact, the bombers were targeting Syrian Army operations near Palmyra, specifically those having to do with removal of rats from oil and gas fields which ISIS desperately needs to keep its cash flow viable…………
…REPORTS…

Israeli missiles have bombed the Mezzeh military airport west of Damascus, and the Syrian Army has accused Israel of supporting terrorism, according to SANA, a Syrian state news agency. ~ According to the report, Israeli missiles caused a large fire. So far no one has been reported dead or injured. ~ Several videos uploaded to twitter show a massive raging fire and what sounds like gunfire. The attack happened less than five miles away from Syrian President Bashar Assad’s palace. ~ The Syrian Army has reported that the attack took place from northern Israel firing several missiles from Lake Tiberias according to RT. ~ The Syrian Arab Army has also promised there will be retaliation for the acts of aggression and said that there will be repercussions for Israel for the “flagrant attack” on the military base, state TV reported, citing a Syrian army command spokesman. It also linked the alleged strike to Israel’s “support of terrorist groups”. ~ Tensions have been building up between Syria and Israel the last couple months. ~ This is the second time in two months that Israel has attacked Syria. On Dec. 7, SANA reported that “several surface-to-surface missiles” were launched by the Israeli Defense Forces from Golan Heights. ~ “At 3 a.m., the Israeli enemy fired several surface-to-surface missiles from inside occupied territory”, SANA. ~ Israel, through it lobbyist and other influence, runs American foreign policy. It’s more likely to be The Mossad calling the shots. They don’t need to worry about Trump, though. Throughout his campaign, just like all those before him, he had to kiss Israel’s ace. (Submitted by “The Old Sniper”).

The [Syrian Air Forces] Mezzeh airport near Damascus was rocked by multiple explosions. The Syrian Arab Army has warned that there will be repercussions for Israel for the ‘flagrant attack’ on the military base. It also linked the alleged strike to Israel’s ‘support of terrorist groups.’

A SAA military source denied on Monday reports by misleading media outlets about Daesh mercenary-terrorists’ control on T-4 airport.

“T-4 airport is carrying out its duties completely and the reports broadcast by some misleading media outlets about ISIS grip on the military airport are totally untrue”, the Syrian military source said.
The Syrian military source also added that “the Syrian Army’s Air Force destroyed tens of Daesh vehicles in sorties carried out today on the terrorist organization’s gatherings in al-Bardeh, Qasr al-Hir and al-Muhre regions in Homs countryside”.

The General Command of the Syrian Arab Army and Syrian Arab Armed Forces affirmed that terrorist organizations are exploiting the pause in Aleppo to escalate their attacks on the city and to target civilians in its neighborhoods.

In a statement on Monday the General Command that Jabhat al-Nusra and a number of other terrorist organizations allied to it are continuing to escalate the situation by attacking Aleppo city from several directions, exploiting the pause to prepare for wide-scale operations and to attack schools and civilians in safe neighborhoods in the city….>>>…

Russian and Syrian military aircraft have not conducted any missions in Aleppo for 13 days, but the situation in the embattled Syrian city has not improved, with radical groups shelling residential areas and preventing civilians from leaving, defense analyst Igor Korotchenko told Radio Sputnik, adding that such pauses help terrorists “to regroup.”

“The situation [in Aleppo] has not really stabilized,” he said. “Urban fighting is ongoing. The Syrian Arab Army, assisted by Hezbollah fighters has been active in the city. But no airstrikes have been conducted.”

“However, twelve Syrians managed to reach safe areas of the city last night through the corridor in the al-Mashar neighborhood,” the ministry said.
“According to the refugees, they were allowed to leave after giving a $300 bribe per person to one of the field commanders. Three families had to sell all of their belongings.”

Turkish jets have reportedly not taken part in the Euphrates Shield operation in neighboring Syria for a week now over the fears of being shot down by local air defenses after Damascus promised to prevent any aerial incursions.

Ankara halted air support for its ground incursion into Syria on October 22, after Damascus vowed to shoot down Turkish Air Force planes over Syrian skies, a Turkish official told the Hürriyet Daily News on condition of anonymity. The official added that the coalition forces have also decreased the number of flights in northern Syria.

Syria’s air defense capabilities have been widely boosted after Russia deployed its mobile S-400 and S-300 missile batteries earlier this year to protect its personnel on the ground. Russian hardware has the ability to shoot down planes and cruise missiles over at least 250 miles (402km) in all directions from western Syria.

The Syrian Air Force killed many terrorists and destroyed their vehicles in al-Rashidin neighborhood, to the east of Orum al-Sughra, Abu Shailem, Qabtan al-Jabal and Khan Touman in the countryside of Aleppo province.

Earlier, the Syrian Air Force destroyed a number of vehicles and positions for ISIS terrorists in the surroundings of al-Shaer field and in Rahoum, Um al-Reesh and to the north of Abu al-Alaya in the eastern countryside of Homs province, according to a military source.

Army and Armed Forces units killed a number of “Jaish al-Fateh” terrorists, including a Jabhat al-Nusra leader who named Mehdi al-Abed, and destroyed four vehicles and a pickup car in al-Latamina, Mourek and Kafar Zita in the northern countryside of Hama province.

A military source announced Sunday re-establishing control over the Air Defense Battalion in the southwestern countryside of Aleppo province after eliminating terrorist groups of the so-called “Jaish al-Fatah” that had earlier infiltrated the site.

Units of army and armed forces, in cooperation with the supporting forces and backed by the air and artillery forces, thwarted ISIS terrorists’ attempt to attack a number of military posts and the villages of al-Taybeh, al-Mofakar al-Sharqi and Aqareb and some defensive points on the oil line in the eastern countryside of al-Salamiyeh city in the countryside of Hama province. Heavy losses were inflicted upon terrorists…>>>…>>>…

We really have entered a macabre twilight zone when US-led warplanes are massacring civilians in several countries – and yet Washington and its allies condemn others for war crimes.
Of course, governments that act criminally cannot be expected to be honest
But what about nominally independent organizations like the United Nations and Western media? The collective deception is damning of systematic complicity.

What makes it more disturbing is that if criminality can be so capriciously covered-up by institutions that are relied upon for law and accountability then the world really is in a dangerous, dark place.
The latest atrocity involved US coalition aircraft reportedly killing 15 women and injuring 50 others when they hit a funeral procession near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday.

Shamefully, the Western news media, which have been blaring allegations of war crimes against Russia over its military operations in Syria, were largely silent on the massacre near Kirkuk.
Only days before that barbarity, there were several other mass atrocities committed by American allies elsewhere in the Middle East.

In Syria, two F-16 fighter jets belonging to NATO member Belgium killed six civilians in the village of Hassadjek, near Aleppo.
Within hours of that murderous assault, warplanes from Turkey, another NATO member, were responsible for killing some 150 Syrian civilians in multiple air raids also in Aleppo countryside, according to Syrian state media.

Meanwhile, in Yemen, the US-backed Saudi air bombardment continued its slaughter of innocents despite cynically declaring a non-entity ceasefire earlier in the week. Three farmers were killed in Saudi air strikes in Saada province – almost a week after American and Saudi warplanes massacred 140 people attending a funeral ceremony in the capital Sanaa. Another grotesque “anti-terror” operation…>>>…

In press statements on Tuesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Russian air force and the Syrian air force have completely ceased any flights over Aleppo in the last seven days.

On Monday, 48 women and children were able to get out of the eastern neighborhoods of the city and they reached the positions of the Syrian Army, in the freed western-neighborhoods of the Aleppo’s Governorate, which has provided all the needs for their residence and the required aid services.

But the NATO-backed jihadists, gangs of mercenary-terrorists, are always bombarding with rockets Aleppo, resulting in deaths-injuries among the population.

Three people have been killed, including a seven-year-old girl, and 28 more injured after terrorists shelled residential areas of government-held West Aleppo.

At the same time, the US-led coalition has recently pushed ahead with its assault on the Iraqi city of Mosul, with its population of 1.5 million people, while Russia at the same time has been assisting the Syrian army in fighting militants in Aleppo, a city of 2 million people.

But when US officials comment on battling Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra and its allies in Aleppo, one is a sensible anti-terrorist operation, while the liberation of the other should immediately stop…>>>…

US-backed ‘moderate terrorists’ from Jabhat al-Nusra and other ‘opposition groups’, which operate inside and outside Aleppo, are not going to participate in the humanitarian pause announced by the Syrian and Russian militaries. On October 19, Syria and Russia reopened corridors in Aleppo, giving militants a chance to leave the city during mini-ceasefire scheduled for October 20. In turn, Jabhat al-Nusra (or Jabhat Fatah al-Sham) and its allies relaunched offensive operations in southwestern Aleppo and seized the main part of 1070 Apartment Project. On October 20, militants continued attacks in the area.

The Syrian Air Force delivered a series of airstrikes on Jabhat Fatah al-Sham positions in the provinces of of Latakia and Idlib, bombing terrorists near Zohra Katab Sandou and Tardin in northern Latakia and Hallouz and Um al-Qar in southwestern Idlib. The air raids resulted in elimination of 5 Jabhat Fatah al-Sham tactical units, 1 ammunition depot and at least 3 vehicles equipped with machine guns.

The Russian-made TOS-1A ‘Solntsepyok’ Heavy Flamethrower System was spotted among the Iraqi Federal Police’s artillery units shelling ISIS units deployed in the Shura area near the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul on October 18. TOS-1A systems were successfully used by the Iraqi army during the storm of Fallujah. Now, they are participating in the battle for Mosul…>>>…

Islamist militants have shelled a ‘humanitarian corridor’ set up to allow civilians to escape from eastern Aleppo, RIA Novosti reported.

The shelling came amid a ceasefire declared the by Syrian military and Russian Air Force.

“On October 20, starting at 8am, a humanitarian pause is to be introduced in Aleppo to allow civilians to escape and sick and injured people to be evacuated, and for militants to leave the eastern part of the city,” Lt. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy said.

At least six mortar shells were fired into the ‘humanitarian corridor’ by militants in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of eastern Aleppo.

Small arms fire was also directed at a Syrian Army checkpoint, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday.

The exit from the corridor is approximately 200 meters from Islamist positions and apparently within reach of their small arms and mortar fire, according to the report.

Reports on civilian casualties were not immediately available.

The Aleppo residents, some sick and wounded, were trying to flee Islamist-controlled eastern Aleppo with an escort from UN and Syrian Red Crescent personnel.

Meanwhile, other ‘humanitarian corridors’ on Aleppo’s Castello Road remain safe, and the evacuation of civilians is expected to begin shortly, with buses and ambulances on standby ready to go, RIA Novosti reported… … …

Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian and Syrian air forces had stopped airstrikes on Aleppo from 10:00am local time (0700 GMT).
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in a televised meeting with military officials, said strikes had been halted from 10:00 on Tuesday.
On Monday, The Russian Defense Ministry announced a humanitarian pause in Aleppo starting from next Thursday at 08:00 am (05:00 GMT) till 04:00 pm to allow the passage of the civilians and the evacuation of the sick and the injured.
Shoigu called on the countries that have influence over armed groups in eastern Aleppo to convince their leaders to stop military action and abandon the city.

Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said that permanent ceasefire in the city of Aleppo is possible if Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists are taken out from the eastern parts of the city.

Chief of the Main Operations Department of the Russian General Staff Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoy stressed that the terrorists in Aleppo are still receiving the US-made TOW antitank missile systems from their backers.

A MESSAGE ESPECIALLY ADDRESSED TO OUR FRIENDS IN USA & EUROPE:
The real reasons why the U.S. and NATO allies want a “No-Fly-Zone” in Syria? For humanitarian reasons?
No: because their mercenaries-terrorists, cannibals, cutthroats and headhunters on the field in Syria are going to be completely destroyed by the Patriotic Syrian People’s Armed Forces, and by their true friends and allies, which fight and die by their side for the freedom of the peoples by the global Zionist tyranny. They fight and even die for you, for us: do not be fooled by the propaganda of the mainstream media.

This message is especially addressed to our friends in America and Europe: we know that among you there are many honest men and women of good will, strong and creative people. You are the ones who have allowed your nations to be great. Not thrown to the wind your honor, do not trust the dishonest criminals who are in charge of your nations, who are plunging the world into the abyss, at the whim and will of a few, who see themselves as “chosen.”
Stay men and women of honor, stay human, free yourself from your true tyrants dictators.
(by SFP-WP)
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Military Reports Excerpts:
#Syrian Air Force started a new round of attacks on the terrorist groups’ bases and gatherings in at least nine different regions in the Northern parts of Lattakia, inflicting major casualties on the militants.
#Syrian fighter jets bombed heavily the terrorist groups’ concentration centers in Qarfous, Zahar al-Daqli, al-Kha’eq, Kafr Sandou, Jabal Kanzou, Kabani and the heights of 1101, 1154, 1112, leaving scores of militants dead or wounded.
#Syrian Air Forces targeted a long military column of Jeish al-Fatah terrorist coalition in Southwestern Idlib, destroying a number of vehicles.
#Syrian warplanes carried out several rounds of combat sorties over Jeish al-Fatah’s supply-military convoys and bases along the road connecting al-Najiyeh to al-Halouz in Jisr al-Shughour region, inflicting major losses on the column.
#Syrian warplanes heavily bombed positions and garrisons of Jund al-Aqsa, Ahrar al-Sham and Fatah al-Sham Front (the newly-formed al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group previously known as the al-Nusra Front) in al-Qasaniyeh, Ma’arat al-Nu’aman, Ariha, Saraqib, Ma’ardebseh, Kahn Sheikhoun and Jisr al-Shughour.
#Syrian and #Russian warplanes pounded terrorists’ gathering centers in Aleppo province, and inflicted heavy losses on the militants over the past 24 hours. The aerial bombardments killed and wounded scores of terrorists in Aleppo province…(Continue reading→)…

The Federal Law ratifies the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on the Deployment of an Air Group of the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic, signed in Damascus on August 26, 2015.

The Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions related to the presence of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic.

The Russian air group has been deployed in the Syrian Arab Republic at Syria’s request…

A Syrian Arab Army unit in cooperation with the supporting forces carried out a “swift” military operation against terrorists’ positions and fortifications in the strategic al-Sheikh S’eed hill at the eastern parts of Aleppo city, establishing complete control over the hill and killing or injuring many of the terrorists, a military source announced on Friday.

The source pointed out that this achievement will help the army units monitor terrorists’ movements accurately in the neighborhoods of al-Ameriyeh and al-Sukkariyeh, and consequently, the terrorists’ movement would be paralyzed and they would be forced to give up.

The remarkable advance comes hours after establishing firing control over Aleppo Hill to the southwest of al-Breij and establishing control over the Sport Institute, its housing compound and a school in Bustan al-Basha neighborhood and over the buildings and towers of the Electricity Company north of al-Sakhour roundabout on the northeastern outskirts of Aleppo city.

Russia’s Defense Ministry has cautioned the U.S.-led coalition of carrying out airstrikes on Syrian army positions, adding in Syria there are numerous S-300 and S-400 air defense systems up and running.

Russia currently has S-400 and S-300 air-defense systems deployed to protect its troops stationed at the Tartus naval supply base and the Khmeimim airbase.

The radius of the weapons reach may be “a surprise” to all unidentified flying objects, Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson General Igor Konashenkov said.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, any airstrike or missile hitting targets in territory controlled by the Syrian government would put Russian personnel in danger.

“Therefore, any missile or air strikes on the territory controlled by the Syrian government will create a clear threat to Russian servicemen.”

“Russian air defense system crews are unlikely to have time to determine in a ‘straight line’ the exact flight paths of missiles and then who the warheads belong to. And all the illusions of amateurs about the existence of ‘invisible’ jets will face a disappointing reality,” Konashenkov added.

Large number of terrorists killed, their vehicles and equipment destroyed by Syrian Arab Armed Forces, thwarting attacks in other areas.

A military source told SANA that an Army and Armed Forces unit reestablished control over 8 blocks of buildings to the southwest of Tal Abu Siyyeh in Khan al-Shih area in the western Damascus Countryside after eliminating the last remaining gatherings of terrorists in it.

The source also said that another army unit killed more than 30 terrorists and destroyed 12 of their vehicles in al-Darkhabieh, while other units thwarted terrorists’ attempt to attack a number of military posts in Jobar neighborhood, Erbin, Tal al-Sawan, and Hatitet al-Jarash in the eastern Damascus Countryside, inflicting heavy losses upon them in personnel and equipment.

An Army and Armed forces unit carried out intensive operations against gatherings and hotbeds of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Daraa al-Balad area. A military source told SANA that a position for terrorists in al-Abbasyieh neighborhood was destroyed in the operations and a number of them were killed in Daraa al-Balad area. A Syrian Arab Army unit killed 20 terrorists and destroyed an amount of arms and ammunition that were in their possession, while the remnants fled away in Daraa al-Balad area in the southern Daraa province, a military source said. Another army unit targeted a den for terrorists northeast of Daraa Dam, destroying it and killing the terrorists there… … …

Syrian Army General Command of the Syrian Arab Army and Syrian Arab Armed Forces called on all gunmen in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city to leave these neighborhoods for the locals to be able to lead a normal life, the Command said in a statement on Sunday.

The commands of the Syrian and Russian forces pledge a peaceful exit and providing necessary support for the gunmen willing to leave, the General Command said.

On July 28, the Syrian government, aided by the Russian forces, started a large-scale humanitarian operation in Aleppo city to help civilians who were taken hostage by terrorists, in which corridors were opened for civilians and gunmen willing to lay down arms and leave the eastern neighborhoods of the city.

Syrian Army units in cooperation with the supporting forces established control over al-Kindi Hospital completely and the western vicinities of al-Shqeif area, al-Hamra hill and 16 farms to the southwest of Handarat camp in Aleppo, killing scores of the terrorists and haunting down the fleeing terrorists in the area.

A military source announced on Friday that the army units retook a number of buildings in Sulaiman al-Halabi area in Aleppo city from the terrorists after clashing with them.

The buildings included Aleppo Club, the Electricity Department and the garage, said the source, noting that the army units are chasing down the terrorists who fled the area.

The Syrian Air force carried out airstrikes on the supply routes and movements of terrorist organizations in the northern countryside of Aleppo, killing a number of terrorists and destroying a number of their armored vehicles and vehicles equipped with machineguns in Maarit al-Artik, Kafr Hamra and Anadan.

Later, a military source said to local Syrian reporters that an army unit destroyed 10 motorbikes rigged with explosives used by ISIS terrorists who had attempted to attack a military position in the surroundings of the Air Force Academy in Aleppo.

A Russian military source announced on Friday that Russia sent an additional number of bombers to the Hmeimim air base in Lattakia.

Izvestia daily quoted the source as saying that an extra number of Su-24 and Su-34 bombers has been sent to Hmeimim base, used by the Russian Air Force in the fight against terrorism in Syria.

Su-25 fighter-bombers have been prepared to head for Syria, the source added.

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stressed on Thursday that Russia will continue fighting terrorists and supporting the Syrian army in this regard.

The Russian Air Force started operations in Syria on September 30th, 2015 upon a request from the Syrian state. The Russian strikes have hit thousands of targets, destroying positions, equipment, vehicles, facilities and tanker trucks transporting stolen oil.

Terrorists’ strongholds in seven different regions in Northern Hama came under 75 air raids by the Russian and Syrian fighter jets on Friday.

The Russian and Syrian Air Forces carried out over 75 airstrikes above the terrorist-controlled villages of Souran, Taybat Al-Imam, Helfaya, Kawkab, Ma’an, Morek and Karrah.

Homs = The Syrian Air Force destroyed tens of vehicles equipped with machine guns for ISIS terrorists as it targeted their positions and convoys in the surroundings of al-Shaer Oil field and Tuloul al-Sawaneh, about 60 km northwest of Palmyra city in the eastern countryside of Homs province.

Hama = The Syrian Air Force destroyed a number of tanks and armored vehicles belonging to the terrorist organizations in the surroundings of Atshan, Tibet al-Imam, Maardes, al-Kabbaryieh, Tal al-Zaater, al-Shaatha, al-Telisiyieh, Skeik, Mourek and Kawkab in the countryside of Hama province.

Daraa = Syrian army unit targets a gathering of terrorists and their vehicles in Tisia town in the southeastern countryside of the southern Daraa province.

Aleppo = The Syrian Air Force hit gatherings of terrorists and their vehicles in Khan Touman, Maarata, Kafr Hamra, Hreitan and Babis in the countryside of Aleppo province. ~ Scores of terrorists were killed in the airstrikes and a number of their armored and machine-gune equipped vehicles were destroyed. ~ Moreover, Army units destroyed a meeting headquarters for leaders within Jabhat al-Nusra in Salah-Eddin neighborhood and two weapons and ammunition caches of the terrorist organizations in Old City of Aleppo. ~ An army unit destroyed a position used by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists for making car bombs on Aleppo International Highway in southwestern Aleppo. ~ A military source confirmed Army units restored full control over al-Farafira neighborhood in Aleppo city after eliminating the latest gatherings of terrorist groups in it.

Idleb = The Syrian Air Force destroyed two positions, seven vehicles and three cars equipped with machineguns that belong to “Jaish al-Fatah” terrorist organization in al-Tamaniaa area in Idleb province. Two positions, 7 vehicles and 3 machinegun-equipped cars belonging to the terrorists were destroyed and a number of terrorists were killed.

Deir Ezzor = The Air Force of the Syrian Army carried out a series of air strikes on ISIS positions in the surrounding of al-Tharda Mountain, to the east of Deir Ezzor Military Airport and in the villages of al-Juneiniyeh, al-Husseiniyeh and al-Bugheiliyeh in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor province. Many terrorists were killed or injured and armored vehicles were destroyed in the strikes.

Syrian Army units on Sunday launched more military operations against dens and positions of the Takfiri terrorist organizations in different areas across the country, killing scores of their members and destroying their arms and equipment.

In Aleppo, a military source announced the full control over Handarat Camp to the northeast of Aleppo, after eliminating the last gathering of terrorists.
The source said that army units in cooperation with [Palestinian] supporting forces regained full control over Handarat Camp, killing dozens of foreign mercenary- terrorists and destroying their weapons.

“Engineering units are dismantling mines and explosives planted by terrorists and the army is consolidating positions in order to broaden operations against terrorists in the area,” the source added.

In the southern Daraa province, Syrian Army units destroyed dens, vehicles and gatherings of terrorist organizations in Daraa al-Balad and al-Mahatta… … …

Despite the terrorist attacks against the Syrian armed forces, their Allies, and against the Civilian Population, despite the hostile actions of Israel, Turkey, Saudi and American allies, despite the knocking media propaganda that mystifies all news (accusing our armed forces and Allies for crimes they never committed), the brave Syrian army and the heroic Syrian people, together with Russians, Iranians and Hezbollah allied friends, continue the advance to regain the entire Syrian territory from the hands of the foreign-backed mercenary-terrorist, which are eliminated by the hundreds all over Syria.
Syria is, and always will be, tomb and stumbling block for all his enemies, close or distant that they are. (SyrianPatriots)

***In Homs, the Syrian Army Air Force destroyed Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS positions, weapons, vehicles and cars equipped with machineguns and killed a number of terrorists in Tair Ma’leh, Talbiseh, al-Rastan, Kisin, east of Palmyra and al-Sawaneh in the countryside of Homs.

***In Daraa, a Syrian army unit carried out concentrated bombardments against dens and fortifications of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Bosra al-Sham City in the countryside of Daraa southern province. A unit of the army destroyed a den of the terrorist organizations, and killed a number of terrorists in the area of the eastern corniche in Bosra al-Sham City, 40 km to the east of Daraa City.

***In Aleppo, Syrian Army units established control over al-Asmedah Building, located in the area surrounding al-Ramhosa to the southwest of Aleppo city.
A battlefield reporter pointed out that the army clashed heavily with terrorists of “Jaish al-Fatah” who were positioned in the Building, destroying a gathering and a site for the terrorists and setting up military points in the area surrounding it.
The reporter added that during the clashes, a number of members of “Jaish al-Fatah” were killed, others were injured and their weaponry and ammunition were destroyed.
The Syrian Army Air Force targeted the terrorists’ positions in al-Shakif area and in the villages of Kafer Hamara, Ma’rata and Karasi in the northern and southern countryside of Aleppo province. A number of terrorists were killed in the air strikes and their vehicles were destroyed, some of which are armored or equipped with machineguns.
In Aleppo city, the army units carried out precise operations, destroying terrorists’ hotbeds, gatherings and vehicles in the neighborhoods of Hanano, Jabal Bader and al-Marjeh… … …

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